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Tubal Ligation

Service/Procedure Summary

Tubal Ligation is also known as 'getting your tubes tied.' This operation is performed to block off a woman's fallopian tubes to prevent pregnancy.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
100 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
132 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
112 days
100 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
58 days
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
68 days
54 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
44 days
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
July 1 - September 30 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
November 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Leslie Houck
Yarmouth
53 days
63 days
Michael Osasere
North Sydney
63 days
85 days
Manivasan Moodley
Sydney
22 days
127 days
Fazil Okuboyejo
New Glasgow
100 days
63 days
Nicholas Paul Clague
Truro
122 days
132 days
Erin MacLellan
Sydney
153 days
127 days
Changulanda Joshi
New Glasgow
182 days
107 days
Gregory Tynski
Kentville
231 days
266 days
Channabasav Shettar
Yarmouth
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Cheryl Pugh
Bridgewater
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56 days
Farrell Nette
Kentville
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Gillian MacMullin
North Sydney
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Helen Sandland
Amherst
41 days
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Michael W Rudd
Kentville
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Natheniel Abutu
Yarmouth
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Philip Pink
Truro
114 days
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Sally Jorgensen
Bridgewater
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Sarah Hudgins
North Sydney
26 days
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Winifred W Lee
Dartmouth
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151 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Michael Osasere
North Sydney
42 days
29 days
Manivasan Moodley
Sydney
18 days
57 days
Leslie Houck
Yarmouth
44 days
34 days
Fazil Okuboyejo
New Glasgow
45 days
46 days
Erin MacLellan
Sydney
73 days
57 days
Nicholas Paul Clague
Truro
94 days
87 days
Gregory Tynski
Kentville
38 days
162 days
Changulanda Joshi
New Glasgow
160 days
72 days
Channabasav Shettar
Yarmouth
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Cheryl Pugh
Bridgewater
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40 days
Farrell Nette
Kentville
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Gillian MacMullin
North Sydney
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Helen Sandland
Amherst
36 days
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Michael W Rudd
Kentville
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Natheniel Abutu
Yarmouth
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Philip Pink
Truro
44 days
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Sally Jorgensen
Bridgewater
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Sarah Hudgins
North Sydney
13 days
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Winifred W Lee
Dartmouth
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119 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
October 1 2018 - September 30 2019
Next Update: 
November 2019
Disclaimer: Hospitals and clinics across the province provide all wait time information displayed on this website. Wait times are based on historical data and do not include emergency priority cases. Current wait times experienced by some patients may be different.

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